14 CFR § 121.415

Each training program must provide the following ground training as appropriate to the particular assignment of the crewmember or dispatcher:

Basic indoctrination ground training for newly hired crewmembers or dispatchers including 40 programmed hours of instruction, unless reduced under § 121.405 or as specified in § 121.401(d), in at least the following—

Duties and responsibilities of crewmembers or dispatchers, as applicable;

Appropriate provisions of the Federal Aviation Regulations;

Contents of the certificate holder's operating certificate and operations specifications (not required for flight attendants); and

Appropriate portions of the certificate holder's operating manual.

The initial and transition ground training specified in §§ 121.419, 121.421 and 121.422, as applicable.

For crewmembers, emergency training as specified in §§ 121.417 and 121.805.

After February 15, 2008, training for crewmembers and dispatchers in their roles and responsibilities in the certificate holder's passenger recovery plan, if applicable.

Each training program must provide the flight training specified in §§ 121.424 through 121.426, as applicable.

Each training program must provide recurrent ground and flight training as provided in § 121.427.

Each training program must provide the differences training specified in § 121.418(a) if the Administrator finds that, due to differences between airplanes of the same type operated by the certificate holder, additional training is necessary to insure that each crewmember and dispatcher is adequately trained to perform their assigned duties.

Upgrade training as specified in §§ 121.420 and 121.426 for a particular type airplane may be included in the training program for flightcrew members who have qualified and served as second in command pilot on that airplane.

Conversion training as specified in §§ 121.419 and 121.424 for a particular type airplane may be included in the training program for flightcrew members who have qualified and served as flight engineer on that airplane.

Particular subjects, maneuvers, procedures, or parts thereof specified in §§ 121.419, 121.420, 121.421, 121.422, 121.424, 121.425, and 121.426 for transition, conversion or upgrade training, as applicable, may be omitted, or the programmed hours of ground instruction or inflight training may be reduced, as provided in § 121.405.

In addition to initial, transition, conversion, upgrade, recurrent and differences training, each training program must also provide ground and flight training, instruction, and practice as necessary to insure that each crewmember and aircraft dispatcher—

Remains adequately trained and currently proficient with respect to each airplane, crewmember position, and type of operation in which he serves; and

Qualifies in new equipment, facilities, procedures, and techniques, including modifications to airplanes.

Each training program must include a process to provide for the regular analysis of individual pilot performance to identify pilots with performance deficiencies during training and checking and multiple failures during checking.

Each training program must include methods for remedial training and tracking of pilots identified in the analysis performed in accordance with paragraph (i) of this section.